The Google founders' shrinking connections to California underscore the impact of a potential ballot measure that would ...

Discover how tax lien foreclosure works, key differences from tax deed sales, and what happens if a property owner fails to ...

Sergey Brin is pulling back from California, joining Google co-founder Larry Page in paring down ties to the state as ...

A sleek, futuristic-looking complex of homes has been proposed for a San Francisco cliffside adjacent to the Golden Gate ...

Marvin and Mae Acosta bought $1.586 billion Powerball ticket at a California 7-11, said they would dedicate some prize money ...

California passed two laws over the summer, demonstrating its preference for incremental probate reform, which aims to streamline administration and make California a more hospitable jurisdiction for ...

In California, debts (especially home loans), often secured by recording a Deed of Trust as a lien against title to a specific real property. The Deed of Trust is not to be confused with a Grant Deed ...

I am writing to you after reading your article titled, “I met my wife in 2019 and we married in 2020. I put her name on the deed of my $998,000 California home. Now I want a divorce. What can I do?” ...

OVER the past few years, we have seen an increasing number of requests to set up trusts for families as part of their legacy and estate plan. This is largely due to a greater awareness of ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (October 16, 2025) — The California Rangeland Trust honored two remarkable leaders in land stewardship ...

My father’s will was a printed email with the subject line: “MY WILL!!! PLEASE PRINT!!!!” in bold at the top of the page he’d gotten notarized without witnesses. Unsurprisingly, the email, which ...

Bill Engels receives his COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Breiona Lang at the Kaiser Permanente Venice Clinic on Sept. 6, 2024. (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times) California's late summer COVID surge is ...